Being a State Licensed Child Care I am a Certification Director
Training hours to date: 1138.5 Hours
The State of Texas requires at least 30 hours of training per year. Training is required in the following categories:
- Child growth and development
- Guidance and discipline
- Age-appropriate curriculum
- Teacher-child interaction
- Care of children with special needs
- Child health
- Safety
- Risk management
- Identification and care of ill children
- The cultural diversity of children and families
- Professional development
- Preventing the spread of communicable diseases
- Topics relevant to the particular ages of children in care
- Planning the development of appropriate learning activities
- Observation and assessment
- Attachment and responsive caregiving
- Minimum Standards for the State of Texas
Because I specialize in infant care I also have annual training for infants in the following categories:
- Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome
- Preventing sudden infant death syndrome
- Understanding early childhood brain development
